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Framing the Narrative: How Conservatives do it Right
Following the conservative victory of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, LGBTQ+ rights have taken the political spotlight....
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Nov 6, 20225 min read


Deplatforming Authoritarians is Good; Preventing their Rise to Power is Better.
“By giving people the power to share, we’re making the world more transparent,” wrote Mark Zuckerberg in a letter to the public in 2012....
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Apr 15, 20215 min read


Twitter, Don’t Do Your Thing: Anti-Doxxing legislation is urgently needed to stop this out-of-
On a sleepy Monday night right after Christmas, a post surfaced in a Facebook group frequented by conservatives in the town of Parker,...
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Apr 6, 20215 min read


The Gatekeepers to Online Discourse: An Interview with Daphne Keller ’95
Daphne Keller ’95 is a law professor at Stanford University and is the director of the Program on Platform Regulation at Stanford’s Cyber...
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Jan 20, 202110 min read


Social Media and the Performance of Protest
The day after the testimonies of both Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and the woman accusing him of sexual assault, Dr. Christine...
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Oct 17, 20184 min read


You Are Blocked From Following @realDonaldTrump
President Donald Trump’s use of Twitter is generally portrayed in the media as a paradigmatic shift in presidential communication — so...
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Nov 13, 20175 min read


The Shaming of Sexuality: America’s Real Sex Scandal
In early September, the Twitter account of Texas Senator and former Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz “liked” a post containing...
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Oct 27, 20174 min read


Changing Hearts and Laws: The Political Efficacy of the #BlackLivesMatter Movement
The last three years on Twitter have been dominated by the growing import and presence of the #BlackLivesMatter movement, an...
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Nov 17, 20155 min read


Web of Lies: Tech and Their Political Donations
Earlier this year, Google announced it would be pulling its membership from the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a nonprofit...
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Dec 3, 20146 min read


Supply Side Part II: Getting Women to Pursue Computer Science
A couple weeks ago, I mocked Twitter CEO Dick Costolo for citing a “supply-side problem” recruiting female employees (and, crucially,...
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Oct 29, 20134 min read


Gov 2.0: Gimmick or Good Idea?
Politicians like to downplay how effective the government is, constantly offering critiques for bureau chiefs, teachers, and other public...
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Sep 17, 20132 min read


A Tweeter’s Tale: Anthony Weiner and The Politics of Puritanism
Politicians are in many ways the perfect cultural paradox. We elect them to be our representatives, and this elevation seems to...
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Jul 16, 20135 min read
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